THE OTHER THERE：SOLO EXHIBITION OF GAO SHIQIANG
THE FACE WITHOUT WORLD-VIEW：SOLO EXHIBITION OF DONG WENSHENG


Artists: Gao Shiqiang , Dong Wensheng
Curator: Zuo Jing
Opening Reception: 5:00 pm, April 26, 2009
Dates: April 26—June 20, 2009
Address： Iberia Center for Contemporary Artt
Beijing, Chaoyang district, #4 Jiuxianqiao road, 798 Art District E06
Director: Xia Jifeng
Producer: Gao Ping
Organizer: International Art & Culture Foundation (IAC) of Spain
Iberia Center for Contemporary Artt
T: 86 10 5978 9530 / 5978 9030 info@iberiart.org www.iberiart.org




Gao Shiqiang is one of the recent “scholarly” artists in the field of Chinese contemporary art. Gao’s work, which includes installations, photographs and experimental films, carries a sense of broadness and complexity towards the reflection and bodily experience of daily life—such qualities are rarely found amongst his peers. His practice also hints at a systematic way of conceiving works. His recent pieces move away from the narrow confines of competing ways of thinking, and in turn, he brought a way of conceiving Chinese history and culture to new heights.

Dong Wensheng’s work also freely crisscrosses between installation, photography and experimental films. His work frequently includes elements of Chinese tradition with a strong link to characteristics related to the region of Jiangnan. His highly individualistic pieces often transpose the viewer into a paradoxical realm that hovers between the traditional past and the contemporary present; Dong is interested in infusing his spectators within a state of tragic psychological sadness.

Gao Shiqiang is an active young artist who has participated at numerous important Asian art exhibitions, such as the Shanghai Biennale, the Guangzhou Triennial, the Gwangju Biennale, and the Chinese Art Triennial Exhibition. Dong Wensheng has exhibited at a number of important international institutes, such as the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York), the Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), and at the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (Valencia).

This exhibition is their first solo shows in Beijing that also presents a number of their recent pieces.

EXHIBITION VIEWS

THE OTHER THERE - GAO SHIQIANG'S EXHIBITION VIEWS

NO WORLD - VIEW FOR THE FACE
DONG WENSHENG'S EXHIBITION VIEW